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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK Onstage, the New Gay Agenda Involves Cake and Not Getting FiredBy JESSE GREEN In 2012, Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker, citing a religious objection to same-sex marriage, declined to make a wedding cake for David Mullins and Charlie … READ MORE

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK Onstage, the New Gay Agenda Involves Cake and Not Getting FiredBy JESSE GREEN In 2012, Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker, citing a religious objection to same-sex marriage, declined to make a wedding cake for David Mullins and Charlie … READ MORE

LOS ANGELES — In “The Cake,” a baker, congenial and accommodating in just about every other respect, refuses to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Sound familiar? The play was inspired in part by a run of similar … READ MORE

A conservative baker (Debra Jo Rupp) squares off with a family friend’s liberal fiancée (Carolyn Ratteray) over marriage equality in “The Cake.” (Darrett Sanders) Philip Brandes What does it say about us when that quintessential symbol of union and hope … READ MORE

The Cake, Bekah Brunstetter’s superb new play, is a ninety-minute wonder spiked with moments of high hilarity as well as scenes of ripe emotion that sear the heart. In present-day Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Della (Debra Jo Rupp in a performance … READ MORE